What’s my best option to get 31k military working dog?

2020-01-17T14:22:15-05:00

So I just finished meeting with my recruiter and am scheduled to go to meps next week. The only mos I want is 31k military working dog..my recruiter said there were no openings and it is a “unicorn job” he signed me up for military police and said it would be best to reclass down the road into the 31k but I was reading different things online saying it is smarter to hold out until a position for the 31k actually opens up. He did tell me I could still go to meps and then tell them that’s the only job I want and see what they can do. Any advice would be awesome

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 17 at 2020 2:23 PM

2020-01-17T14:23:22-05:00

Hold out! You will have a much lower chance of reclassing to it then enlisting directly into it.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 17 at 2020 4:01 PM

2020-01-17T16:01:50-05:00

Your best bet is to sacrifice a baby goat to the gods of your choice. You can hold out all you like but that job never comes up, and when it does, it's taken immediately by the next person sitting in the chair in front of the MEPS counselor.
As far as reclass, I'm a Career Counselor, I'm the person who you would go to in order to reclass. In the seven years since that job became an MOS, I have successfully got one single person into that job. That only happened because a friend was standing next to the person at HRC who locks in the classes when I saw it become available on the system. So, sheer freaking luck. My advice, go and ask for it but have a back up plan. There are lots of other really great jobs in the Army

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Jan 17 at 2020 9:47 PM

2020-01-17T21:47:58-05:00

They will put the full court press on you to enlist. They want to make recruiting quotas bad.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 25 at 2020 2:49 PM

2020-01-25T14:49:47-05:00

If you go in as 31B your odds of reclassing to 31K are as good as any other soldier's odds of reclassing. If you only want 31K hold out for it or you will be stuck in 31B for a looooong time and still probably never get a chance for 31K. I'm 31K if you have any questions about the MOS.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 17 at 2020 11:16 PM

2020-02-17T23:16:51-05:00

Don’t listen to the ones saying just go 31B hold out. You’ll get the job. The army needs you more then you need it.

Response by No Name made Apr 20 at 2021 12:50 PM

2021-04-20T12:50:08-04:00

Did you ever get the job?